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The Jewel in the Crown
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The Day of the Scorpion

  • Episode aired Feb 21, 1984
  • TV-14
  • 52m
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The Jewel in the Crown (1984)
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Returning to Pankot from her trip to Calcutta, Sarah Layton meets Count Bronowski and Nigel Rowan at the train station in Ranpur. Also accompanied by Ahmed Kassim, they are on their way to v... Read allReturning to Pankot from her trip to Calcutta, Sarah Layton meets Count Bronowski and Nigel Rowan at the train station in Ranpur. Also accompanied by Ahmed Kassim, they are on their way to visit the imprisoned political leader Mohammed Ali Kassim, Ahmed's father, who is known col... Read allReturning to Pankot from her trip to Calcutta, Sarah Layton meets Count Bronowski and Nigel Rowan at the train station in Ranpur. Also accompanied by Ahmed Kassim, they are on their way to visit the imprisoned political leader Mohammed Ali Kassim, Ahmed's father, who is known colloquially as MAK. They are there to tell him that his eldest son Sayed, a King's Commissio... Read all

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    • Jim O'Brien
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    • Paul Scott
    • Ken Taylor
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    • Tim Pigott-Smith
    • Judy Parfitt
    • Geraldine James
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    • Director
      • Jim O'Brien
    • Writers
      • Paul Scott
      • Ken Taylor
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      • Tim Pigott-Smith
      • Judy Parfitt
      • Geraldine James
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    Tim Pigott-Smith
    Tim Pigott-Smith
    • Ronald Merrick
    Judy Parfitt
    Judy Parfitt
    • Mildred Layton
    Geraldine James
    Geraldine James
    • Sarah Layton
    Wendy Morgan
    Wendy Morgan
    • Susan Layton
    Anna Cropper
    Anna Cropper
    • Nicky Paynton
    Nicholas Le Prevost
    Nicholas Le Prevost
    • Nigel Rowan
    Zia Mohyeddin
    Zia Mohyeddin
    • Mohammad Ali 'Mak' Kasim
    Warren Clarke
    Warren Clarke
    • 'Sophie' Dixon
    Peggy Ashcroft
    Peggy Ashcroft
    • Barbie Batchelor
    Rachel Kempson
    Rachel Kempson
    • Lady Manners
    Eric Porter
    Eric Porter
    • Dimitri Bronowsky
    Geoffrey Beevers
    Geoffrey Beevers
    • Kevin Coley
    Derrick Branche
    Derrick Branche
    • Ahmed Kasim
    Antony Brown
    Antony Brown
    • Arthur Peplow
    Ishaq Bux
    Ishaq Bux
    • Aziz
    Shreela Ghosh
    Shreela Ghosh
    • Minnie
    Carol Gillies
    • Clarissa Peplow
    Yazdani Raza Khan
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      • February 21, 1984 (United Kingdom)
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